Combined gas range and gas heater



1934- w. K. STAFFORD 1,971,122

COMBINED GAS RANGE AND GAS HEATER Filed Aug. 25. 19:51

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Patented Au 1, 1934 co'rinmsn GAS RANGE AND GAS HEATER wain- 1:. Staiford, Newton, Mass. Application August 25, 1031, Serial No. 559,242

' '2 Claims. (cl. 126-86) This invention relates, to a combined gas range and gas heater, that is, to a device designed'to be used for both cooking and heating by gas.

The novel features of the invention will be set I forth inthe following description and then pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a combined gas range and gas heater embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on substantially the line 2-2, Fig. 3;

Fig. 3 is a section on substantially the line 3-3, Fig. 1.

In the drawing 1 indicates generally a gas .1! range of the type having the top burners beneath the grids 2 for ordinary cooking and also having the oven section 3 and boiler section 4, both of which are closed by suitable doors 5 and 6. The gas range herein illustrated is also of Q that type which is provided with a drawer 7 situated beneath the top burners and in which kitchen utensils may be conveniently placed.

In accordance with my invention I provide the range-with a heatingcompartment 8 which is illustrated as being situated beneath the drawer 7 and in this heating compartment 8 there is placed a gas-heating element 9 of some suitable type. The gas-heating element 9 herein shown is formed with the closed ends, back and top and has an open front through which the heat radiates. It is shown as provided with a valve 13 by which the gas canbe turned on or ofl from the burners and itis equipped with a flue 24 to convey the products of combustion into the regular flue with which the gas range is equipped. The heating compartment 8 is open at the front and its front opening is closed by two sliding doors 10 and 11. The door 10 is shown as situated just behind the door 11 and the front of the heating compartment 8 may be opened either 7 by sliding the door 10 to the right back behind the door 11 or by sliding the door 11 to the left in front of the door 10.

The gas-heating element 9 is preferably placed in the compartment 8 so that'it faces toward the end of said compartment and said end of the compartment is provided with an egress opening 12 through which the air heated by the heating element 9 passes into the room.

In order to make the heater more emcient for heating the room I have provided two deflecting members 14 and 15. The lower deflecting member 14 extends from the bottom of the heater element 9 upwardly slightly to a point somewhat above the bottom of the egress opening 12- and the upper deflector 15 extends from the top' of the open front of the heater 9 upwardly at an angle to the top of the egress opening 12.

The deflector members 14 and 15 may be. conveniently made of suitable insulating material so as to prevent conduction of heat therethrough into the upper and lower portions of the compartment 8. When the gas heater 9 isin operation the air between the deflector members 14 and 15 becomes heated and will naturally tend to rise and because of the upward inclination of these deflector members 14, 15 this heated air will flow out through the egress opening 12 into the room thereby heating the latter.

It is sometimes desirable to have the current of hot air passing through the egress opening 12 delivered into the room at different angles depending upon the location of the range in the room and its proximity to a wall or some piece of furniture. To provide for this I employ a T5 plurality of deflector members 16 which extend vertically and are pivoted to the end 17 of the gas range to turn about vertical axes.

These deflector members 16 are preferably connected together at their outer edges through the medium of a rod 18 which is pivotally connected at 19 to the outer edge of each deflector member, and by means of this rod 18 the deflector members may be swung into difierent angular positions as shown by the full and dotted lines in Fig. 3.

If the conditions are such that it is desired to have the current of warm air thrown forwardly into the room then the deflector members 16 may be set at an angle as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 with the result that the current of warm air will be deflected by these angularly arranged deflectors and thus thrown forwardly into the room. on

the other hand, if it is satisfactory to have the current of'warm air delivered straight into the room then the deflector members 16 may be swung into the dotted line position Fig. 3.

These deflector members also function as a means by which the amount of heat delivered into the room may be controlled for by swinging these deflectors into a position nearly parallel with the end wall 17 the area of the egress opening will be reduced thereby reducing the amount of heated air which is delivered to the room.

The gas heater 9 is so located in the range that 106 it does not displace any of the cooking elements with which the gas range is usually provided. In fact, by locating the heater in the position shown it occupies space which is normally not in use in front, and an egress opening at the end, a door for closing the opening at the front, a gas-heating element situated within the heating compartment and having closed ends, back and top but an open front, the open front of said element m facing toward the egress opening but being spaced therefrom, an upper deflector extending from the top of the front opening of the gas-heating ele.-,

ment to the top of the egress opening, said defle'ctor' member inclining upwardly from the gasheating element to the egress opening, and vertieerily-extending deflectors at the egress opening to deflect the current of heated air forwardly. 2. A gas heater having a heating compartment providedwith' an egress opening in one side wall.

a gas-heating elementsituated within said heating compartment, said gas-heating element hav- I ing closed ends. back and top but having an open front and also having a flue for the discharge of the products of combustion, said gas-heating'element being placed in said heating compartment with its open front facing the egress opening, a

deflector extending from the top of the front opening of the gas-heating element to the 'top of the egress'opening, said deflector inclining upfrom the gas-heating element at a point below the opening in the front thereof to the egress opening. 4

, WALTER K. BTAFIORD.

-wardly fromthe gas-heating element to the egress opening, and a lower deflector extending 

